SCOTUS

[LVAllen]

good. screw them kids

Just in time for Trump to eliminate funding for the Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ youth and young adults.

[Shaka]

Good SCOTUS! It doesn't ban all therapies, just puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and medical transitions for minors.

[Moliere]

Good SCOTUS! It doesn't ban all therapies, just puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and medical transitions for minors.

Seems like a common sense ruling and one that is likely supported by a majority of the population.

[LVAllen]

Seems like a common sense ruling and one that is likely supported by a majority of the population.

What about a majority of the families that are actually affected by this? Do you think they support it?

[Northwestcoug]

Good SCOTUS! It doesn't ban all therapies, just puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and medical transitions for minors.

A great principled decision for those Tennessee parents who need those very therapies for kids who require them. And I'm not talking about transitioning. And I totally trust politicians to understand the nuance of medically necessary treatments.

[Omaha 680]

What about a majority of the families that are actually affected by this? Do you think they support it?

If definition of "actually affected" is just the minority of families with minor children who have gender dysphoria and have also decided to treat those minors with physical alterations, then I would guess no the majority does not support it. That doesn't automatically mean it's a wrong decision though.

[Maximus]

Just in time for Trump to eliminate funding for the Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ youth and young adults.

Wish people were against this but crickets

[Maximus]

Good SCOTUS! It doesn't ban all therapies, just puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and medical transitions for minors.

how much reading about trans people from trans people have you done?

[Jeff Lebowski]

A great principled decision for those Tennessee parents who need those very therapies for kids who require them. And I'm not talking about transitioning. And I totally trust politicians to understand the nuance of medically necessary treatments.

Do you think there should be any restriction on surgeries and/or medical treatments for minors?

And help us understand the circumstances where a decision to surgically castrate yourself can't until a person is an adult.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Also, the Tennessee law is line with most European countries. The UK, Norway, Sweden, etc now ban puberty blockers, etc for minors. The Cass Review in the UK found that the evidence supporting the need for gender-affirming care in minors is extremely weak.

[Moliere]

Also, the Tennessee law is line with most European countries. The UK, Norway, Sweden, etc now ban puberty blockers, etc for minors. The Cass Review in the UK found that the evidence supporting the need for gender-affirming care in minors is extremely weak.

Yep. Facts and science support the SCOTUS decision. Liberal scare tactics and talking points are misaligned with science on this one.

[wally]

I am okay with deferring to children to make permanent decisions about their bodies.... as long as medical and other professionals(psychlogists, etc.) and also parents who helped them to those decisions can be held financially or criminally responsible should that child grow up and regret that permanent decision. $10 M settlement or 5-year prison term, minimum.

If parents and professionals are THAT certain that the risks of permanent surgery and treatment are worth it, then they should have some of their skin in the game along with the skin lopped off of the child.

[LVAllen]

Yep. Facts and science support the SCOTUS decision. Liberal scare tactics and talking points are misaligned with science on this one.

Facts don't support it. The science doesn't support it. And the law for sure doesn't support it. The opinion is bullshit wrapped in catshit with a side of horseshit.

[Northwestcoug]

Do you think there should be any restriction on surgeries and/or medical treatments for minors?

And help us understand the circumstances where a decision to surgically castrate yourself can't until a person is an adult.

We've been through this before. I have cited real-world examples of congenital diseases where 'puberty blockers' and surgical interventions are very necessary treatments. If you think our state legislators are wise enough to craft laws that do not hinder medically indicated treatments, you have much more faith in our elected officials than I do.

[Jeff Lebowski]

We've been through this before. I have cited real-world examples of congenital diseases where 'puberty blockers' and surgical interventions are very necessary treatments. If you think our state legislators are wise enough to craft laws that do not hinder medically indicated treatments, you have much more faith in our elected officials than I do.

Rare congenital diseases are not the issue here.